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Most Expensive Zip Codes: 94920, Estate of the Day


For the next couple of weeks we will be checking out some homes in the most expensive zip codes in the United States, up today, 94920 . This zip code is in the Bay Area of Northern California encompassing Tiburon and Belvedere. This wealthy seaside enclave has a median price of $2,192,000 and a healthy appreciation rate of 282% since 1990. We've highlighted a variety of homes in the area before including the Belvedere home belonging to businessman Tom Perkins and Andre Agassi's Tiburon estate.

Tiburon incorporates most of the TIburon Peninsula in Marin County, California and the city of Belvedere occupies the south-east part of the peninsula. The most expensive estate in this zip code is an 8.5 acre estate listed at $38.5 million. The home I chose for today's example is a less pricey but very charming. The compound on the water includes a main house and a two-bedroom guest house, a smaller one-bedroom boat house and there is a one-bedroom, one-bath au pair suite above the three-car garage. The home with gorgeous seaside views is listed at $11.5 million.


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Tableside Ice Picking With the Jagger Dagger

Belvedere vodka has been doing a lot of promotion lately to build their brand. The latest is the Jagger Dagger, a sword designed by Jade Jagger, Mick's daughter and creative director at Garrard. The sword has an 18K white gold studded hilt with 12 carats of brilliant-cut diamonds, 42 pale sapphires, and a central blue lapis lazuli square. The blade is created from mirror-polished carbon steel with an engraving of the same tree branches that decorate the Belvedere bottle. The "Jagger Dagger" will be part of an tableside ice-picking service with the sword provided by servers at certain nightclubs such as 1OAK in New York, Crystal in London, and VIP in Paris. Each dagger has a retail value exceeding $250,000. A range of daggers in the same style but with white topaz in lieu of diamonds and aquamarine instead of sapphires will sell for $10,000 at certain retailers.

Gallery: Outlandish Liquor Promotions

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Belvedere Launches Online Drink Buying Program

Belvedere Vodka has been trying to go for the cutting edge lately. First there was the racy ad campaign with art photographer Terry Richardson, shown at left, now the company is launching a new branded gift card program with BuyYourFriendADrink.com. This is the first time that a spirits brand has offered a branded gift card for on-premise purchase through the company. The way it works is that you visit the BuyYourFriendABelvedere.com website and purchase a gift card for any dollar amount. The recipient can redeem the gift card or a Belvedere drink at participating bars and restaurants. Of course it does require knowing the email of the person you want to give the drink to so it's not so great for sending a drink to that hot stranger across the room.

[via Wine & Spirits Daily]

215 Golden Gate Ave, Estate of the Day


This four-bedroom home is located in Belvedere, California and the deck offers views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco. The new home has a contemporary style and is designed for indoor and outdoor living where the sliding doors disappear into wall pockets and a glass roof skylight in the dining room retracts for dining by starlight. Honduran mahogany crown and base moldings, Italian style plastered walls, limestone floors, onyx and marble in bathrooms and kitchen are part of the luxury feel this home. It is listed at $8.8 million.You can also check out the house in Zillow where their "zestimate" is a bit lower than the asking price. After the jump, fruity coffee tables are just part of the owner's unique collection of furniture.

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Tom Perkins Estate, Estate of the Day


We are already familiar with Tom Perkins because of his amazing yacht, the Maltese Falcon. Perkins reportedly sold his Bugatti to finance the yacht, now the businessman has put his beautiful Belvedere, California home on the market. This home was built by Julia Morgan and George Kelham in 1928 for W.M. Stevenson. It has a French manor style with a European feel that includes lots of carved oak details that can almost distract you from the amazing views of the Golden Gate Bridge. The formal dining room includes a 17th Century Flemish Tenier tapestry, the library has a fireplace and a hidden wet bar and the upper floor is home to the master suite which includes the bedroom with a Tudor oak headboard carved for a royal couple circa 1556. Other features include a large entertainment room with a full kitchen, a full service bar, a temperature controlled wine cellar and a French door opening onto a stone terrace and to the pool, a maid's quarter with a full bath off the entertainment room and a three car garage with additional parking spaces in the gated motor court. The lot also has a pool and a pool house, rose gardens, temperature controlled greenhouse, level lawns, stone paths, terraces, vegetable gardens and mature trees, flowers and fruit trees. Many of the home's furnishings are also available for purchase. It is listed at $20.5 million. After the jump, only a boat as amazing as the Maltese Falcon could tear a man away from a house like this.

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